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Comment by Janko Z. Nikolich

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Virologist and coauthor of an ASM commentary on SARS-CoV-2 origins and lab-leak claims
The evidence supports the scenario that two distinct ancestral lineages of SARS-CoV-2 jumped from animals into humans, and that the Huanan Seafood Market in Hubei Province, China, where wild animals were routinely present and slaughtered, was the epicenter of the pandemic.
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Journal of Virology commentary, "The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence"
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The clustering of early cases around the Huanan market reflects where the COVID-19 virus emerged, not just where testing looked
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AI Verified Verified in the ASM Journal of Virology commentary: exact wording appears in the article and the named author is listed among its coauthors. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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